Herb Alpert’s album cover for “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” would have broken the internet if there was an internet at the time because, well, just look at it. Alpert dedicated today’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival set to legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint who wrote the album’s title song.

HERB ALPERT (PHOTO BY JEFF BENINATO)

“What a transition, from the Tijuana Brass to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,” Alpert said. At 82, the 9-time Grammy winner sounded better than ever as he headlined the Jazz Tent along with his wife, Lani Hall, an accomplished vocalist in her own right. The set started with a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” and just got smoother from there.

CORINNE BAILEY RAE (PHOTO BY JEFF BENINATO)

Corinne Bailey Rae sent out a love letter from the Congo Square Stage dedicating a sultry version of Fats Domino’s “One Night With You” to New Orleans, saying “You’re an amazing example across the world of strength and unity, thank you for the music you’ve brought us.”

THE ROOTS OF MUSIC (PHOTO BY JEFF BENINATO)

The Roots of Music marching band is a great example of that music, and they marched across the track appropriately enough on Students Day, where local students come to the Fest to soak in music and culture. Over at the Gentilly Stage, multi-generational band The Chilluns (With Clements, Malone and Bohren families represented) sang: “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

CONGA LOS HOYOS (PHOTO BY JEFF BENINATO

And on a multi-cultural note, the Cuban Pavilion once again had the crowd drum-levitating with Conga Los Hoyos and its dancer dressed as a goat who was whipping around the crowd along with a troupe of drummers. In the future, second lines are going to seem a little sparse if they don’t have a goat guy.

Eddie Cotton & The Mississippi Cotton Club blasted out of the blues tent with chops so strong, they may have helped blow the barricades over. It wasn’t a good day for the straw hat and sundress set, with chilly gusts blowing both around. Thankfully, tomorrow at Jazz Fest is forecast to be sunny with a chance of Wilco.